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Place-specific currencies can provide critical financing to the small businesses that keep local communities connected and thriving.

Water supply, human waste treatment, zoning regulations, legal structure, homeownership models, and other core technical issues are essential in ecovillage planning.

An article by Helen McArdle in Scotland’s Sunday Herald describes plans for Owenstown, the first new town founded in Scotland for several decades. The community, based on cooperative principles, is named for Robert Owen, a visionary 19th century socialist who established the New Lanark Community in …

Race, Class, and Our New Gift Economy Model March Blog Round-Up by Thomas Vecchio, Social Media Manager March has seen several of our most recent initiatives bear fruit―evidence of the new direction the FIC has been steering toward the last few years. While we envision community as a succes…

Boulder citizens have gotten the Wonderland Hill Development Corporation to rethink its plans for the Washington Village site. After a successful petition drive, WHDC says they will go back to the drawing board and work with citizens to find an agreeable way to develop the site. “Our intention to re…

A dear friend on the Tri-communities scene in Rutledge, MO has just put her house on the market. Want to be a neighbor to Sandhill Farm, Red Earth Farms and Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage? She is selling it for $98,500. It is 3 BR plus a large attic space semi-finished that could be a 4th or even 5th.…

Sky Blue is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Intentional Community. For more 30th blog posts click here. It’s been quite a year. From the rise of white nationalism, to hurricanes and fires, to threats of nuclear war, to NFL protests, and a seemingly endless stream of high profile sexua…

After living in the PRAG House collective for 25 years before running for office, a Seattle City Councilor recommends that anyone entering politics consider experiencing intentional community first.

Indy Media of New Hampshire has a great article on a variety of communes in the Green Mountain area over the past few decades. Read the article.